I decided to check on the bees after I completed the third API VAR treatment two weeks ago and feeding the bees a vinegar sugar syrup. I was curious about...
GloryBee Donates to OSU Bee Lab
GloryBee Honey and Aunt Patty’s brands donate 1% of annual retail sales revenue to "Save the Bee" programs and “Healthy living” initiatives. Bees not only provide us with delicious honey...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Looking forward to harvest season!
Just a quick update on my hives. Nearly every hive is doing well and we’re seeing some great honey production. I’m really looking forward to harvest season and I will...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Catching a swarm
I recently caught a swarm for my friend Wally. A local neighbor boy Dillon who is a friend of our son's John and Eli joined us in the rescue. Dillon...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Colony Check – All is Well!
My eight year old son joined me to check on our three hives as the weather was sunny and warm enough to check on the queen and the brood. It...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Feed supply for my Hives
I've been waiting for a sunny day to check the feed supply for my three hives. It's important to make sure that your hives have enough to eat if their...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Working the Bees
The main purpose of working the bees today was to attempt to weaken the packaged bee hive and give it more space while in turn strengthening the swarm hive. First...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – API VAR Mite Kill
I was checking my API VAR my second week of application and I noticed at that time I had a significant mite kill (see picture) in one week, the API...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles-Feeding Bees in Preparation for Colder Weather
I decided that as the fall weather was turning colder and I was no longer feeding my bees liquid bee food that I should start giving them different food. I...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Bees & Wax
What is happening: I went into my "Swarm hive" and noticed the entire upper box was filled with honey (no brood) so I checked the bottom box and identified eggs...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Fall Bee Treatment
What is happening: The honey supers are all off of the hives and I am down to two deep supers for brood chambers on all three hives. What I am...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Inspecting for Honey Harvest
About a week and a half prior to preparing for honey extraction, I wanted to see what kind of honey harvest I was going to get. As you can see...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Honey Extracting Party
We recently had a honey extracting party at my parents home. The beautiful sweet honey you see pictured is some of the fruits from the bees. My wife and sons...